CLIFF — First year head girls basketball coach Chris Salas saw some good things from his squad in a scrimmage against Cliff High School on Wednesday night. But, with that being said, he also saw some things that need to be addressed in order for his team to be competitive this year on the court.

“Overall, I thought the effort was there,” Salas said. “The desire to work hard and to do the stuff that we are trying to install is a testament to these kids. I saw some decent things, and I saw some bad things. It’s a good way to build off of and we do understand that we need to fix those mistakes that we are making.”

Salas joined the Lady Colts late and didn’t get a chance to build a summer program, and he stated that’s a huge disadvantage to this season.

“Not having the summer behind us makes right now feel like summer basketball,” Salas said. “It’s just the timing when I came on board. We are kind of under the gun because our season starts very early.”

Silver’s basketball team still has to deal without having some key volleyball players that are still playing in the state tourney until this weekend. Those girls will have to jump into the fire as well immediately to help the Lady Colts on the court.

Silver played fair at times, and finishing at the basket was something that stood out from the scrimmage.

“We took some good shots,” Salas said. “But, the ball didn’t go down for us. I told the girls we have to earn the right for that ball to go in, and it’s going to be a work in progress.”

Salas also didn’t like some three-point shots that were taken, and stated that the looks just weren’t there from beyond the arc. He isn’t stressing individuality just yet and this team, and he wants everyone to take his concepts and install them and then put their own individual twist to make this team work.

“I like that everyone is willing to do what the team needs,” Salas said. “We have a lot of work to do before our first game against Gadsden. This team beat us by 39 last year, and we are looking to be able to find some success against them.”

Silver will open up the season Tuesday, Nov. 17, against the Lady Panthers at home. Action starts with the freshmen game at 4 p.m.